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Personal info

Full name
SILVA, Raymond Reginald
Date of birth
11 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California
Hometown
Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California

Military service

Service number
39053553
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dillingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 2 28

Immediate family

Members
Frank J. Silva (father)
Emma B. (Gonsalve) Silva (mother)
Irene A. (Bondi) Silva (wife)
Sharon L. Silva (daughter)

More information

Sgt Raymond R. Silva worked in the family owned Analy Service Station when he enlisted on 14 February 1942.
He was killed by bullet wounds in the face.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / California Birth Index, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem